STRONGS G3549:
νομοθετέω,
νομοθέτω: passive, perfect 3 person singular
νενομοθέτηται; pluperfect 3 person singular
νενομοθέτητο (on the omission of the augment see
Winers Grammar, 72 (70);
Buttmann, 33 (29)); (
νομοθέτης); from (
Lysias),
Xenophon, and
Plato down; the
Sept. several times for
הורָה;
1. to enact laws; passive
laws are enacted or prescribed for one, to be legislated for, furnished with laws (often so in
Plato; cf. Ast, Platonic Lexicon, ii., p. 391 (for examples));
ὁ λαός ἐπ' αὐτῆς (
R G ἐπ' αὐτῇ)
νενομοθέτηται (
R G νενομοθέτητο) the people received the Mosaic law established upon the foundation of the priesthood,
Hebrews 7:11 (
Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 b.; cf.
Buttmann, 337 (290); many refer this example (with the genitive) to time (
A. V. under it); see
ἐπί, A. II.,cf. B. 2 a.
γ.).
2. to sanction by law, enact:
τί, passive
Hebrews 8:6 (cf.
Winers Grammar, and
Buttmann, as above).
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